Flag-holder.



R. A. .WAITELING.

FLAG HOLDERr APPLICATION FILED Aue.2. 1911.

Patented. Apr. 16, 1918.

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ROYAL AGUSTUS WAITELING, or PITTSFIELD, MAssAoIiusnT'rs.

. FLAG-HOLDER.

Specification oflLetters Patent.

Patented Apr.'16, 1918.

Application filed. August 2, 1917. Serial No. 184,023. r

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROYAL AGUs'rUs.

lVnrrnLiNG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 203 VVoodlawn avenue, Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flag-I-Iolders, of which the following is a specification.

The principal objects of this invention are to devise a holder for small flags, banners, pennants or the like which may be manufractured at small cost and may be readily attached and made ready for use. My invcntion especially adapted for use in securing small flags to the wind shields or other parts of automobiles.

Referring to the drawings in which What I now consider the preferred forms of my invention are shown:

Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my invention.

Fl g. 2 is a diagrz'unmatic perspective view of a portion of the wind shield of an automobile, showing one method of attaching the holder.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing how my holder may be used on a flat surface, such as the window sill of a dwelling.

Fig. 1 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 1.

The flag holder comprises a base plate or strip 1 of metal. Preferably said plate is made of malleable iron or brass so that it may be readily bent by the user to cause the shank portion 2 to assume any desired angle to the foot 3 (see Fig. 3 for instance). The foot of said plate is provided with suitable means, such as an aperture 4 for securincr it to a support, such as the wind shield 5 OF an automobile. All that need be done to so attach the holder is to remove the usual adjusting nut or bolt 6 on the wind shield, place the plate in position and replace the out or bolt (see Fig. 2).

U11 said plate, I provide ears 7, 8, formed preferably integrally with the plate. Each of said cars is turned and tightly clamped over a longitudinally extending member9 of resilient wire or the like. Said members, together with the transversely extending portions 10 adjacent either end, form a resilient, but strong clip 20, adapted to hold a flag stafl 11 or the like between it and the base plate. The end portions 10 may be provided with a hump 12 to fit over the staff and hold the same firmly in position. Ears 7 and 8 are located preferably near the middle of members 9 so thata maximum, equal "pres sure is exerted at the two spaced points 12 on the staff. Also, clip 20 preferably extends the greater portion of the length of shank 2, securing a long base line of support for the staff. It will be readily apparent that my invention is adapted to hold many different sizes of flag staffs, as clip 20 is sufficiently long and flexible to accommodate various sizes of staffs. The foot 3 may also have holes 13 therein for securing it byscrews 14 to a fiat support 15 such as a win dow sill of a dwelling or the like. When used in this manner the shank 2 may be bent upwardly at or near point 16 as explained hereinbefore, so that the flag 11 is held out at the desired angle.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein described the principle of operation of my invention, to gether with the apparatus, which Inow consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by Also, while it is designed to other means. usev the various features and elements in the combination and relations described, some of these may be altered and others omitted without interfering with the more general results outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A staff holder comprising a base plate, having an aperture therein adapted to be used in securing it to a support, ears on said plate, and a resilient wire member secured to said plate by said ears adapted to clamp a stall between said member and said plate.

2. As an article of manufacture, a staff holder comprising a base plate, integrally turned over ears thereon and a resilient member having longitudinally extending portions, said portions being embraced by said ears and a transverse portion adapted to clamp the staff to said plate.

3. A stafl holder comprising a substan tially rectangular base plate, a wire clip having longitudinal members and a transverse member adjacent each end and means for securing each of said longitudinal members to said plate at an intermediate point thereof.

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4:. A stafi holder comprising a substantially rectangular base plate, a wire clip having longitudinal members and a transverse member adjacent each end, and means for securing each of said longitudinal members to said plate at an intermediate point thereof, said transverse members having humps therein adapted to fit the staff.

5. As an article of manufacture, a staff holder comprising a base plate, integrally 10 turned over ears thereon, a resilient memher having longitudinally extending portions, said portions being embraced by said ears, and transverse portions adapted to engage the top of the stafi. In testimony whereof signature.

ROYAL Y '15 I have afiixed my AGUSTUS WAITELING.

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